Sri Lanka’s Parliament voted Wednesday to elect six ... instructing lawmakers not to publicize or take photos of their ballots. Front-runners of the presidential race included Wickremesinghe ...

FILE - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Wickremesinghe suspended Parliament until Feb. 8 ...

National People’s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in the red shirt, attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 26, 2023 (AP photo by ... has dissolved parliament, setting up ...

Under Sri Lanka's proportional representation system, 196 out of 225 parliamentary seats are elected ... More Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo The NPP, founded in 2019, faces the challenge of fielding ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) COLOMBO, Sri ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks during a public rally ahead of parliamentary election, in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, Nov. 11, 2024 (AP photo by Eranga Jayawardena). Click to share on ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the ...

He also has plans to abolish Sri Lanka's contentious executive presidency but requires a two-third majority in parliament to implement it. "This election is critical as it is a test for the NPP to ...

Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation’s outsider leftist president will be able to fulfill his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and ...

Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the nation’s parliament with effect midnight Tuesday and called for early elections, framing his decision as steps toward combating ...